The point of a thru-hike is different for everybody. Some people assume thru-hikers are running away from something, trying to escape the real world. For me, it was transformation. I wanted to find something I thought I’d lost, to test strengths I didn’t think I had anymore, to rekindle the fire I’d thought was long extinguished. The journey was the tool I needed to pry myself open. I guess old Horty was right. This is who I am. This is what I do.
